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mv E UAYHLATCH FHOM EVfIL
.SuKATIfIAtI, Feb- 1,
By (he ship Atlantic, from Liverpoo >
, reported below in inir lust. ‘we „
-nir.ff received a Liverpool pn|»«* r »*■
„ day. sth December, aml another of
The eoinmere-irtl n
decline ofj on rotton^cnari.lly.
\V«» perceive no additional imormali in
respecting the Cholera, excepting the lot
lows:
The Suderlnnd Herald of Halurdny,
(35) ) says—The returns of the -week,
nliow. that “the disease is neithe gaining
;ior losing ground nnd we miry reosona-.
My anticipate,that it w ill soon disappor.ns
there are few instances known of its re
maining more than a month orsix weeks
in towns the population of -which is not
large.” J'ront the commencement delin'!
disease, on the 20th ofO«rtoher,f,o'.tlie Ist
of of Dee. 11:27 eases of eoni'ii-m and ilia .
lignanl cholera hod occnred, out id w Inch
Ahedeaths amount'd to 10:1. On Times
.••lay 3H cases remained.
Tiie only intelligence we perceive from
the continent Inter than received at New-
York direct is the following from the
London Herald nflheSfil Dec. avliieh we
believe is one dnydater.
We received last night the Paris pa
pers of Wednesday and Thursday. JV>
.news of 'importance yet 'from Lynnsi
The Ipst accounts received by the gov
eminent were from Wnrshul Moult, nl (
Trevou*, nnd were doled “one o’clock,
of the tiOlii.” They stale merely, that
tranquility continued to prevail at Lyons.
Several additional arrests of suspected,
persons took pince on Tuesday. Du the
other hand, some of the individuals pre
viously arrested were -sot ut liberty. L
now appears'that the gunpowderseized
'lately at 'Belleville, nil outlet of Puns,
.wasdestined lor La Vendee.
Livmuioor., Dee. 5.
Jileelinff of Parliament —Pnrliiimeiil meet-;
Jjbr tlie despatch of business to morrow
His Majesty will arrive in London Iron
‘Brighton this day, to .hold n council, at
W Ideli the speech will he adopted. 11•
.will go in slate to the Mouse of Lords, to;
open (p person, this the most important
session in the annals of England
The Ur form iliilh-r- — We hear that the
reform hills are ready, and that they will
jiroliuhly he read a-second time previous
to the adjournment for the ('hristmus he
iiclays. We liclievc that tin- census id
,IH‘{l will bctitkoii ns the slimdard id po-i
ptdation ; e'ght new memhers w ill -be
given to Scotland, and (ive'to Ireland,
the full nniilber of the house, us it stands
at present, nil) he continued, mid, of
course, some additional English towns
will have members. .Some -boroughs
from Schedule I! will 'be remove toSi-he
du'e A, and the .CIO qualification will be
taken inn more simple mannerthm.nl
first propvsed. The payment of taxes
as well ns rent will probably be requir
ed, and a certain holding necessary I
the exercise of the franchise. 'I hese or.
nil the particulars we can collect, and.
certainly, they all appeur to us to be ini
pro\meats onthe lute hills.
Uloltr, 'J'ltiirednii. \
Wedinve 'been positively assured ihal
•a coalition between the Whigs mid To
ries. on the question of Relbrm, either'
bus liron effected, or eerluinly will be
befnreonr ,1 on rim I reaches die reader;
mid further, that the immediate resu't el
the jiiiietiun will he Lord Wharmli fr
accession to the Ministry.
•« <•
_ '‘.lf.-. With, of the. .V. r. Courier. rr. Cor.
Throup. —The following letter from Mr.
AVebb. of the New-'V orU't'ouricr, shows
a feeling of opposition to Gov. Throop
■mid some of liis puny, which lietok<>ns
serious consequences. Tito letter is ta
iici from the Schenectady Cabinet. to
widt h paper it was sent hj a gentleman
of Philadelphia, who says he emne lion
.estly fiy it, AVe have not room ;o give
all the letter; 'the parts omitted. however
tire of no importance -.Htlmuij Advertiser
Copy of a letter from ,la«ii:s \V vvson \Viaa-,
ufilo.r uj'the .Veil*- I orl% Courier mill Pripiir
rr. lo ,i ffoutlemun in llarrisl.tirgh, Piiiuru!-.
rani i, dated
WASttivr.TON, Dee. It). IS.II
Dear Sir: Yours of the 3d was dull
received, and I have lo apologise for not
un.-vveeingit so-mer; but the extent id
ground covered by your ipierieserender
cd it neees-nry that 1 should give you
something more limn n mere tiliii niat ii e
or negative answer.
lit one word llien, >the Pemisfilvan-ia
Inquirer i» correct .in its position, that
there is a vegy decided opposition to the
re-election of tl»e present Governor of
IS’ew-York; hut it is all in the dark as to
fill 1 nature imd source of that opposition,
its o’ijerrt and its strength. When, in
IMJS, it was determined to run Mr. Vue
Bnren for Governor, it was deemed ud
tvisable to take n ninn from the west, lot
Lieut. Governor, nnd Enos T. Thr.io
was selected—nut lieeauae lie 'had any
punitive merits ivj‘ e.luims, but heemise his
■nrgrt/ire virtues were of a description l hut
.rendered him a safe candidate. Nothing
could tie urged against him.and he was
.of course-elected onthe strength of the
.popularity of Gen. Jackson mid Mr. N an
iluren.
When Mr. V. IV nits “'translated" lo
Washington, Mr. Throop, of course, be
came the acting Governor, nnd then his
want of positive qualifications became ap
parent. Instead of advising with the
prominent men of onr party, lie surren
dered the reins of government to the edi
tor of the Argus, Mr. Porter, the Regis
ter in Chancery, nnd Mr Glcott. the
Cashier of the l-’anners’ and Mechnnies'
Hank. Judge Mnrey, Mr. Wright, our
Comptroller, nnd Air. Flagg, the tSeere
turv ofSltUc —men who possess the eou
lidenee of the deniocrntie party, nnd who
have never abused that confidence—who
wielded the power of that great State
for yams, wltlumt enriching or benefit
ing themselves, and w hat is more, who
were known to possess this power, nnd
familiarly termed “she Regency,” yet
Imd pitch a hold upon the affections ol
-the people, that they cheerfully failmiil
ted to it. These men were thrust aside
by Throop—Ooswell's star beetHtw the
ascendant, and our Mtnte nnd its desti
nies have been in the hands of » set ol
men whose only qmditieations for oilier
is ordinary, every day honesty, in theit
dealings with mankind.
For n long time the idea prevailed that
Murry, Wright, and Flagg, continued te
exorcise a proper influence in the coun
cils -if the Stale, but about the time of tin
Inst gubernatorial election the truth was
whispered about, mid the eotvsequeacr
•• cs.M-hnt,-but for tire -support • iff Ihe
FEDERAL MAHON'S in therfverroun
ties, an jiuti-mosonio Governor would
have been eleeteil. The new Regency
—tire ‘small lights.’-became alarmed,
nnd early in the last session ofthc Legis
lature, they iiitinmted that Throop would
not oguin be a candidate for Governor,
but wo‘-hl aid in the noniitnition of Mr.
Livingston, our worthy amiable Lieut.
Governor. This has kept the parly und
those iietjiiuiuted with the position ol
thing's at Albany, quiet, and honest poli
ticians und able men, have consented to
be considered responsible for nets ol
which they disapprove, nnd which are
calculated to bring the Hlute into disre
pute.
This was the situation of matters at the
• close of (he lust session of our Legislu
iure, hut. the evident ‘nerense of strength
in the democratic ranks, und the-hope »l
being ulile to »i/i"gg/e Throop in uj/mt tin
ihuuldem oj (Sen. Juckeon, hits induced them
to change their views: nnd notwitltslnr.d
iiiff their declarations-lost winter, they
nre now milking their arrangements for
his renorniniiliou. This w ill produce a
seism in-our milks-for a short time, hut
the people-will take the muter into their
‘ own liniids, and you may rely upon it,
his eiireernsa politician, is at an end.—
i In reply to your question, who will he his
successor'? I must answer, I don’t know.
We urv in favor of Mr. Li vingston, who
is it linn and independent democrat, und
possesses talents which quality him for
the station. Dut-should li.s claims be set
aside—which I do not apprehend—-then
we will give our cordial support to iiu\
honest old school republican that the
party may bring forward. In New York
we are all parly men, und individual pre
ferences are.iuiidedo yield to the public
good.
Yon -will now ninder.-tund the true
. cause of opposition lo Gov. Throop. nnd
you will also perceive thill Ibis opposi
tion does nit) originate with Gen. Root
and his friends, though it is not impossi
ble but lie may be (he gainer by it. For
in-limee, should a contest for a noniinii
tinn happen lo be between him mid
Throop, wo would aid the old General,
ns would three-fourths of those in the
southern part of the Mint?, -who were
the advocates of Throop iu lb.‘lo.
After what I have written, it is scarce
ly necessary to nnsweryoiir query in re
lation to C’roswoll. Ile.is a shrewnl dap
per little tidlow—live feet nothing in
height.—with n sanctimonious counte
nance. that argues great equanimity of
temperand perfect satisfaction with him
self. lit* owes Ins elevation to Mr. Van
Ruren, and his rurreer to his consummate
orudeueo. industry und good.judgement,
lie docs ndt claim, nor do his friends n
ward lo him. any thing more mediocre
talents, citherns a politic: in or n w riter,
hut he is n tuife man. He tirten ■-, but nev
er Inlhe ; nor does be ever do nay thing
upon the spur of the moment. In New
\ ork he would sink .into obscurity in ti
week—he would In* a w eek -behind the
occurrences of the day. Rut iu Albany,
; surrounded by good advisers, and nl
l ways ready In listen Ho advice, his ijirn
ilenre has proved in valuable to him. Jsy
■’ tin aide piece of maiingcuent, he bolds
■ his situation of Mlate IV.liter for life or
until lie is turned out h,y the Legislature.
I It is strange, but true, that in so demo
cratic n Ml ale as New-York. no period is
fixed for w nieli • In* Mtate printer shall lie
elected. You must .perceive nt-ouee the
adiftntage of'lbis to t'roswell. Were
each Legislature lo elect its printer, the
feeling of the House nml Senate would
lie frequently apparent, an I a new pi-in
ter would he appointed every few years;
hut us it is. there is no opportunity to gel
nu expression of opinion without assail
ing I'ros well, A poiilieal IVietid, iloulit-
I’nl of success, *will not do it; and when
it i-- ultempled by the opposition, the par
tv. ns n matter of course, put it down.—
He has amassed n very large fortune out
ol’theollicc, and should U ive the modesty
to retire.
For u man without any -particular
claims. God knows In* has received e
iiougli. but he don’t think so; imd the con
trolling inlliienec he has exercised over
Gov. Throop, induces him to assume
airs, and throw aside much of the pru-
I ui'i which bus thus fur sustained him.
The (ruth G. s-v-eess has spoiled him,
and you wll'l find that the eresent winter
w ill do much towards inj a lng- j,is inllu
euee.
» • « *
I see Duß’daily, nnd although ns you
intiinatc my punishing him now would
ii -i bi>u Malation ofiny promise, yet it
would he euleuhited to produe.i* another
false impression us lo my motives. My
-•bjeel is to gig a -Tight out of him, nnd.
coward as he is. I think I’ll succeed. I
intend Ui’have him attacked iu some dis
i oil paper, -ud accused of avoiding u
light, with me. He is en'irely under un'
error ns to (lie causes wliich suspended
my proceedings in lM‘{().; md believing I
am either afraid to challenge him or un
willing to descend lo h s level, he wili
boast of his willingness to meet me?—
I will then mish the papers to him. and
tench him u lesson not lo be forgotten.—
15.nl for this— mum. If he nibbles at the
hail, nil is well.
As to the VICE-PRESIDENT. Van
ISnren MI’MT lie the man, twlenr vola r.
li mit, \VE CAN NEVER MAKE HIM
PRESIDENT, and the TREK POLL
CY now is, to.- ‘tint n candid itein EVERY
STATE, it is said that the. Senate will
reject his nomination to England. I
HOPE SO ; for then Ids election as V ic -
President, and afterwards President, is
rendered morally certain.
You may give the inquirer all the eon
t tents oflhis.exoept what concerns Green:
but Morris Imd belter avoid onr State
, politics. He cannot-better oar situation.
Sincerely your friend.
, JAMES WATSON WEED.
| •‘•‘Gt'***
I The Philadelphia Inquirer mentions
• hat the premium ofone hundred dollars,
~ some time since oif-red by the publishers
of the Albany Literary Gazette, tor the
p best tale by an Anwixenu writer, to he
,f forwarded in composition by the first of
e January lost, has been aw arded to NVil
r Hs G. ( lark. Esq. editor of tlie Philadel
phia Gazette, for a story entitled lietri
bulion. \\ e make this nimouneowent
0 with pleasure. The prize poem for
,- which a premium hns lu-en awarded by
~ the same publishers, is entitled the “ VVes
1S Tern Emigrant"— its author. Mrs. I*. 11.
Sigourney, cfH"rtford, Ct.
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Aiftf^fA:
HATURDA V, FEBRUARY 4, IM.TJ.
** He jaet, and Jear nut."
TO CORRESPONDENTS.
11 A Volunteer ” ’ came too late for to-day's
paper, but shall be mserled in onrnoxt. “ PIU-
I tarch ” is not admissible, for the retina. anli
|’ cipalod hy'tiio writer.
, TAN BUKEN REJECTED.
| Tlio Senate lias rejected the nomination of
■ Mr. Van Buken, -as insiisler to England; and,
■ hy the casting vote of the Vice Predent. “The
: vote stood time—yeas 2d, nays 2d, the Vice
President voting in the negative. Two metn
( hers, Messrs. Prentiss and Ilian, were ab-
C sent —the former from sickness. The jspeoch
cs of the Senators, in the debate, will bo pub
i fished—the injunction of seeresy hiving been
removed. The speakers wore. Messrs, Ch am
df.es, Smith, Clayton, M\ruv, Foot, Wer-
STKR, Cl.'T, Ilnowv, ErVINO, PoINIIEXTEII,
I Forhvth, lUvne, * Fremnghi; vsen, Moore and
. Mangum”
CE\TE V IA I, AN \ IVIORS AR V.
■ We are gratified to perceive that animgements
• aretnsking to celebrate the Hundredth Annivor
| 'ary of the Birth-day of Washington, with peculiar
1 splendor and festivity, as well in our own city,
as in many others throughout the Union. Here,
! | the Committee of Arrangements, in conformity
with expressed wishes of the citizens, that
i an Orator of years, experience and distinction,
■ should he appointed, have selected Judge Long
sthket, who, we understand, has accepted the
appointment, and whose acknowledged powers,
, peculiar beauties, and popularity, as an orator,
I w ill douhtles rendor the appointment highly gra
tifying to tlie community, and fully realize their
hopes and expectations from the interesting oe
■ | ension to which his cllbrts will be devoted. The
j Committee will, also, we learn, invite, to join in
I 1 the celebration, in addition to the Revolutionary
soldiers -generally, and the Clergy, Magis
. I Iraey, and Military of the county, and neigh
■ | boring officers of the Unitor! Stales Army, ususu
al, several volunteer Cavalry and Infantry
Cor| s, from the country around. And arrange
ments are also making, for a splendid Ball, to
I close the various festivities of the day.
COTTON MARKETS'.
j By the arrival Os the Br. ship Atlantic, at Sa
vannah, wc have advices from Liverpool of sth
December. More Business had been doing in
Cotton, in that market, though at a decline gen
erally of j,d per Ih. Sales, 15,700 hales, of
1 | which 9,1)30 were Uplands, at 1 |d a (hjil.
By the arrival of the ship James Dickerson,
. al Savannah, we have advices to the 23tfi Dec.,
from Havre. New Uplands had boon sold
i at a decline of 3 centimes. Letters from Ha
■ vro represent the Liverpool .Colton inn ket as,
■ being very dull, on tho 25th December, at a
decline. There was a great press of Colton on
the Liverpool market, peremptory orders hav
ing-reached there to close sales, as a very large
. crop was expected in this country.
It was the opinion in •Sunderland, on the 3rd
December, (hat tho''Cholera would soon disap
> pear. We incline somewhat to tho belief, that
the Asiatic spasmodic Cholera has not yet made
its uppeii'anon .in England. We judge so from
the doubts that appear to exist in tlio minds of
many, Physicians and Olliers, and because it is
but too common to paint such tilings in the dark
est colours.
We see nothing particularly alarming to the
Merchant, in the present political situation of
Europe. Wo are not without confidence in the
stability of the English Government. There are
those, however, who differ from ns in opinion,
and among them, some of the best informed
Merchants in our country.
Our advices from New Vork are more favo
rable for Cotton. We give the following extract
‘iom tho latest dates from that city.: “Wo no
tice sales of 2,000 bales Cotton, of which about
1,500 wore Uplands, at ti alO .cents, and 100
bales, very fine, at 10J cts.”
The advices from Charleston and Savannah,
are rather more favorable for tlio holders of
'Cotton. Shipping bad become more plenty,and
Fr eights bad declined. In Charleston there were
20 vessels in port wailing for freight. Qitota
j lions nf Cotton in both markets, a9l cts.
Advices from Now-O. leans represent Cotton
as being brisk cf sale, in that market, at 7 a 12
cents. Stock, 20,071 bales. Freight, id, to
Liverpool, and dull.
Tlio receipts of Cotton in our market, during
I lie week, but have been moderate. Tho sales
have been large, and at very full p ices—in ma
ny instances, above our quotations; but as wc
do not think the advauuud rates which have
been paid, as estahlshcd, wo do not alter, fertile
present, our former quotations:
Prices Current.
i.IVEKI'OOV.. AUGUSTA!
j Ordinary 4jd. Inferior 7. 1 , ctr.
| Middling s|d. Common 7 ; J
I Fair Ajd. Fair K
Good fair s ; [d. a fid. Good S.ja-B's
j Good and fine, fi'ol. a (Vjil. P ure *Sr choiceß*|a 9
Freights, to Charleston, per bale—to Ba
j vunnali, 50 cents.
i j Exchange.—Bills on Baltimore, Philadelphia
I Nuw-Vork, Providence, and Boston, atoo days
' ; sight, 1 per cent, discount—at sight, on the same
' j cities, I per cent, premium.—United States’
| Rank Notes, i per cent, premium.
; ! THE *• ATTACK ON THE STAGE.”
Considerable doubt appears to rest on the
! Oliver's report of am “Attack on the Stage,”
' as given in our last; and wc understand that he
1 has been discharged. After bis statement to
!'Dr. Aktost, ho continued on, and most loi
: 1 Innately found the «!age, horses, passenger,
> j and mail, all safe, al llie next stand, about
* JO miles ahead.; and continued with them on
, to Savannah, without any material delay—
s none but wiliat was made up for, in the remain
- dcr o( the distance, by an mcroiwe of the ordina
• ry speed. The Driver was shockingly wounded,
' in his coat, which was dreadfully cut, by somc
* hotly; and as to his bruises, wo believe there
y were none but what might have been occasioned
_ ; by bis fall from the seat,without the least aid t>om
[. | the “ two men in Kendal green."—Not a little
I credit U due to the spirited and enterprising pro
proprictor.' Jlr.-’SHAN'voK, for the excellent dis
cipline cf Ins horses, for with such, and'good dri
vers, throughout the lino, the passengers will
have little cause to be afraid of stage accidents.
Weamdeistand that a similar circumstance oc
curred with-a stage of hia many years ago, when,
after standing a. the old Globe, the ordinary
time for receiving the passengers and baggage,
the horses went on by themselves through the
streets to the Post Ofiice, where they stopped
as usual for the mail, and wee overtaken there.
No man we presume better knows the rpmlities
r of horses, and the proper management of them,
ami of a stage line generally, than lie; and one
. of bis rules is. that the utmost regularity shall
i always be observed in preserving exactly the
. same route, speed, ■ time of stopping at each
. stand, &c. etc. which will account in some de
gree, for the peculiar steadiness and d scipline
manifested by bis iiorses, in the above two in
stances. —The following article we copy from,
the Constitutionalist of y estei day :
“ Wc trust the c is some mistake respecting
the attack upon the Stage mentioned in the
' Chronicle of Wednesday. Our city and its on-.
1 1 vi ons have ever been remarkably free from out
| rages of ibis kind, and wo should very much re
ign;! lira-occurence of an incident .going in some
; measure to deprive it of thUenviable reputation.
. j We are told that whatever injury the diiver
’ ; may have sustained, the stage, baggage, ho ses
■ ! and a passenger who was quietly asleep, receiv
ed not tho 'least. Tlio well disciplined horses
I proceeded onward about ten miles and stopped
| of their own accord, when the passenger calling
for a drink of water became sensible lor the first
time of the absencs of his Jehu, The circum
i. ! stances of the case—and we do not vouch for
those we relate, will no doubt bo fully invostiga
ted by the indefatigable wild enterprising Mr.
Shannon.
FEDERAL UNION
W e are gratified to perceive, by the following
extract from this paper, that the success which
I might naturally have been expected from the
, i joint efforts of its present able &. intelligent oili
'tors, has, so far, been most flatteringly realized,
by a very large increase of patronage. Its pre
sent very extensive circulation affords peculiar
advantages to Advertisers; «fc we doubt nut that
I circulation will still go on increasing with equal
1 rapidity, while its contemplated enlargement
| will also aid materially in improving its value
and usefulness:
“Tho Federal Union was just eighteen months
old when llie last number was issued. When
our first miniber appeared, we bad upon our'
mail-book about Hl)j responsible subscribers.
We can now number upwards of 15IIU pood
j men and true, not including our exchange list.
I For this groat increase of patronage, the editors
! tender their warmest thanks to -those active
friends by whom if has been acquired. We are,
in justice, bound to reciprocate their generosity.
Our few last papers have been so crowded with
hasluess, I hut wo havo bad no space for pdlitics
and miscellany. In justice to onr realleis,..
therefore, we shall, as soon as the order can bo
complied with, procure a press and materials,
and issue a shoot as large as tho largest in Guor-
S'a-
THE PLOT DISCOVERED.
It will ho recollected, that wo expressed tlio
conviction, sometime ago, that notwithstanding
the protestations of the Richmond En pliror and
ntho' s, a deep intrigue was afoot to smuggle Mr.
Van Boren into the Presidency, through tlio of
fice of Vice President—that ho and his fi ie .ds
were sensible he could not got into llie Presi
dency by tho voice of tho people, and wore
thorofore determined to aim at it by indirect
. moans—that tlio ago and infirmities of General
Jackson, and his si viro duties and fatigues nf
ofiice, rendered it probable that bo would not
outlive a second term of ofiice, in which case
the Vico President would become President, for
, the remainder of the term —that the Van Boren
intriguers, aware of ibis, wore, doubtless, do
lorniini'd to bring forward Mr. VanVuren lor the
latter ofiice, at a suitable time, and that the Balti
more Convention, to meet in May next, and got
ten tin by them, would, no doubt, nominate Van
Ilm en —that the groat number of persons al
ready nominated for tho Vico Presidency, was,
doubtless, the result of deep design, thereby to
keep public-opinion on the subject, Jiriiliil, till
tin: time should ar. ive to concentrate it on Mr.
Van Bii.cn, at once, without giving time to dis
cuss his pretensions; when the present nomi
nees (believed to bo all Van Huron men) would,
no doubt, all withdraw iu favor of him, and give
him their influence—and that the retirement of
Mr. Van Bu cii from the cabinet, and to Eng
land, was, doubtless, a part of the plot; for, so
strongly did the voice of public opinion set against
him, after the rupture between the President and
V. Pres’t. and the dissensions iu llie Cabinet, that
the only way to appease it, was to flee Com it; &
bad lie remained in ofiice, or bad the temerity to
face the public indignation, by oll'eriug himself,
then, as a candidate for the Vico Presidency, it
would have, completely destroyed him; and
some of his more discreet friends, the Richmond
Enquirer and others, sensible of this, endeavor
ed, assidiously, to impress upon the public mind,
the belief, that bo would not be u candidate.
We did not expect, however, when express
ing the opinions above reviewed, tho result of a
calm examination of the signs of the times, that
the vilo plot would so soon have been develop
eil, as it has been lately, Iry llie publication of a
private letter of James Watson Weep, one of
the proprietors of the New-Vork Courier and
Enquirer, which will bo found iu another co
lumn. Mr, Webb's paper lias long been
looked upon as deeply in the confidence of Mr.
Van Boren, and has generally spoken of him,
bis views, and bis policy, mare antlieritivoly,
Mian any other. And it will bo seen that he re
marks, in relation to the Vice Presidency; “ As
to the VICE PRESIDENCY, Van Huron MUST
|bo the man, nolens rolens. If noi, WE CAN
1 NEVER MAKE HIM PRESIDENT, and the
| PULE POLICY now is, to start a candidate in
( CV ERV S FATE. It is said that the Senate will
reject bis nomination to England. 1 HOPE SO ;
tor then hie election as V. P. and afterwards
’ Prosidenl, is rendered morally certain.”
Well; bis “ hope ” is now gratified. The
Semite has rejected the nomination of Mr. Van
Buren, as Minister to England ; aud we shall
now see whether “ Ins election as Vico Presi
dent, and utterwards President, is rendered mo
rally certain.” If it is, wo are most egregious
ly decieved in the virtue and intelligence of tlio
American people.
i 'Pfle editor of fbo tho United States Tele
graph, iu publishing this letter, observes—
“ We here have the whole machinery disclos
ed—candidates are to be staitcd in cvoij State..
m^uiimi aluiiiiiwm J .ifTti««iTMr.'»Mrari'
■ln conformity to tins plan, they have been start
ed in every direction; most of them the devoted
partisans of Mi. Van Buren, who are to be rea
dy to yield their own claims in bis favor; and it
is a remarkable feature iu the history of this pro
ceeediug, that, whilst candidates arc to be start
ed in every other Slate, special case lias been
taken that no other candidate lias been started in
New-York; liras leaving him unembarrassed, by
a rival, Vi his own Stale. In the mean time, he
is to pass- the ordeal of the Senate, -mil this is to
be siezed upon, let the event be what it w ill, to
aid in smuggling him in. Should bo be rejected
on account of bis corruption and intrigues, bis
partisans will raise the cry of peisccution, as is
avowed in this letter. While, on the other
hand,-should he pass, that will also bo seized up
on as conclusive proof that he is innocent of the
many acts of which he is known to have been
guilty, ami which have tended to divide, distract,
and corrupt the country.
“While these intrigues are going on. secret ord
ers are issued font tho Regency estahlisliedliero,
to fill the Baltimore convention with bis subserVi
enf tools, as preparatory to bis nomination. Re- ■
goneies have been apj united in the iJifle.eiiti
States, through which the decrees of the Wash- ‘
ington cabal, beaded hy Kendall and Lewis, are,
carded into effect. There arcVeveralofthe Stales ,
where the supporters of the present administra
tion, are in a small minority, they are organized
with a view to the enjoyment of lira patronage
of the government. These States w'fll’bo fully
represented, ami, dependant as they are upon
the cabal, their delegates will consist of the most
subservient tools i f power. These, added to the
large and well-d filed phalanx from New York,
and such of tlio delegates from the other States
as will be subject to their 'dictation, will place
lira movements of the Baltimore convention* en
tirely under (he control of Lewis Kendall, &, Co.
Such is lira machinery'by which it is intended to
smuggle lira arch intrigueant into the highest of
fice in the eift of the peonle; for the real object
is not to make a Vico-President, but a Presi
sident. It is avowed in the letter that'they
“can never make him I’REoIUENT” but by fiist
making him Vice-President. Wc will explain
ibis mysterious expression. As painful as it is,
we feel it to be our duly. There never was a
time when the peoj le wore so gulled ; so'be
trayed ;so deceived. They are made to believe
that they ate about to choose a President for the
next four yea: > s, in lira person of Andrew Jack
son; when, in point of fact, every sensible man
bore, of oveiy party, knows that, instead of
choosing the next President, in Gen. Jackson,
fur the, next ter in, as the people suppose, they
will choose him in the person of lira Vice Prcsi
dent, whoever he may be I So infirm is Gen.
Jackson now; so little prospectus there of bis
living through the next term; that the profligate
crew who are living upon his influence, and are
controlling lira movements iu tho election of the
President and Vice-President, n o trembling
lest bo should expire before the petiud of the
, election arrives.
“We feel it onr duty to speak boldly. Every
one v\ ho visits him, is stinuk with be fact, that
lie is fast sinking; and that, if possible, his men
t.d faculties are giving way faster fiian his idly
sical strength. It has no parallel in this country,
but in lira gross imposition attempted in lira case
ofAlr. Crawford ; who was sneporlofl, and voted
for, ns President, when it was known (hut 'both
body and mind we e so paralizod as utlcily to'
unlit him for lira ofiice; and it is a striking and.
• remarkable fact, that lira same individudis who
were piominent in that case—now acknowledg
ed lodiovo been so gross an imposition on the*
American people,—are equally piominent in lira,
present. It would be cm ions to look over a list
of those who stuck by Mr. Crawford to lira last,
lei,owing licit lie was incompetent to perfornii
llie duties of (Im ofiice, and see'liow many of lira'
same are pc forming, now, a similar part. We
may ourselves, should wo have leisure, present
the’list.
“It is thus'that Mr. Van'Buren and diis parti
sans, while they are nominally pressing iq on lira
American people lira re election of Gen. Jack
son as President, are, in reality, conspi.ing to de
f and them into the election of Mr. Van Bitten as
President, hy presenting him, nominally, as a
candidate fur lira Vice-Presidency..”
To say nothing of tlio j olitical corruption ma-i
nilestsd in this letter of .Mr. Wchh, who can read
its monstrous avowal of a conspiracy against
(lie life of Gen. Green, without abhorrence
and wonder—abhorrence of its cold-blooded ini
quity, and wonder, that be could have lira hard!
hood to avow such a design, to any man 1 ving.
Wc know not how it may strike others, but to
ns, it is absolutely shocking. What if lira con
spiracy bad been carried out, in all its disgusting
details; as it might have been but for this timely
ilcvnlopcmcnt; and Gen. Green bad “nibbled at
lira bafit,” as lira writer calls it, and fought him,
and been hilled ; would such a result have been
anything less than nurd or —premeditated, de
liberate murder ? We must hope, however,
for the sake of humanity, and the feelings of Mr.
M ebb himself, fiiat this part of his letter was all
mere braggadocio, and that ho did not actually
intend to do what ho so wantonly A outrageous
ly declared.—No wonder that the writer of such
a letter should sneer al men’s “ordinary cvoiy \
day honesty, in their dealings with mankind,’ as
little or no qualification for office; hot xvo trust
that the great body of lira people will look upon
it us one of lira fi st qualifications, anil an indis
pensablo requisite.
STATE OF OUR POLITICS.
There never was a period in the history of
our country, when its institutions—principally
the coufedorative ones, though the evil is by no
means confined to them—were so fast tending
toward eortiqilioa anil decay, ns at the present
time. Scarcely a paper is now to bo opened
that dues not dovolope something of “ intrigue,
bargain, end management;” and, so common
has it now became, that it is no longer astonish
ing to see strait things openly avowed and advo
cated. Mark, for instance, the late declaration?
of the Richmond Enquirer, that “tho Secretary
oFlira Treasury frankly told him [Gen. Cadwal-
Imler, a sort of agent of the U. S. Bank',] that it.
the Bank moved in it [lira renewal of the char
ter] this winter, and if the bill should pass both
Houses, he (Mr. McLanojwill not hesitate to ad
vise lira President to reject.tbc bill”—because i t
might interfere with the President’s re-election.
And liras the interests of lira Bank, which the
Secretary is in favor of, and those of the cotm
t, y, are all to be sacrificed to tbe President's re
election. And the Enquirer not only mentions
this without reprobation, but even in a style of
approbations and the Jackson members of Con
gross opposed the introduction of tbe Petition
lor a renewal ol the charter, on the same
grounds. And all this wanton disregard of prin
oiple—this man-worship—and sacrifice of tbe in
forests of the Republic to.persimal and party con
siderations, passes in fall view of the American
people, with, scarcely a warning or dissenting
voice—-but one, that we have seen, and that of
tbe U. S. Telegraph. And, now, what a scheme
of iniquity is developed in Mr. Webb's letter,
copied into another column ! Do these things,
and numbeis ot others of a similar nature, con
tinually transpiring, and passiftg unccnsured
through the papers, bode no ill to llie country 1—
j . —— m
or do they not rather cull upon tlie people—eve
ry single man of them—to arouse themselves
and make a determined stand for their liberties,
tin; pm ity of their institutions, and the character
of their country; which we do believe are
greatly endangered. And who, that willca'm
ly look around him, and see how patriotism,
Republicanism, liberty, the people, &c. arc ev
e y where becoming mere personal and par
ly catch words, in the mouths only of noisy
demagogues and office hunters—-bow j rinci
ples are openly and i ontinually sacrificed to
men, and party —and how Uvery great political
question is determined, solely with reference tn
men or parties, and the means of exalting them
on the one side and defeating them on the other,
without the least care for their effects u; on tiro
country, or its welfare:—wlio, we sny, can loflt
nronnd him, and see these things, ntid vloubt it
; doubt that the' liberties of his courtffy Ve' ih’dan
; pc, and that 'it 'Will reqffn'e Hie Utmost efforts
of virtue anid ’irttelligesvec, on the part of the
, peo le, to relievo them fronvit’? “ The [nice of
liberty, is eternal vigilance’’—and the Republic
expects crcry man to do bis dat-y —particnlai ly the
■ bunible and obscure—they who too common!,-
1 appeal to their Immhle stations as an excuse r.r
; justification of their culpable snpinencss, and
! neglect of the sawed duliesof their citizenship
| for, on them, mostly, and not on office-seekers or
officeholders, must their country rely for the | u
rity and safety of her institutions, and partieu
, holy for their protection, in the hour of danger.
Let nr, man, then, say, “>I urn but a single indi
vidual, and no politician, and must leave these
Ro political men.” Every or each man is but a
single individual'—the -whole country is made
tip of single individuals—and every one ought
to bo so far a politician as to keep an eye conlin
nally to the welfare of his country, and the best
i means of promoting it. The inestimable bless
ings of the liberties of oar country ore eqiiullv
shared, and their responsibilities, duties, and
■ burthens, must, therefore, be eipnllly borne, hv
every citizen. And he who would evade or ne
glect the latter, is unworthy of the former, and
a mere useless and worthless burthen upon the
, body politic. 'Every good, of whatever nature,
necessarily carries with it some responsibility,
care, and duly, corresponding with it exactly m,
; magnitude and importance; and no man car
evade the latter, without injury to the former.
“ The price of liberty, is eternal vigilance;” an.!
whenever that vigilance is suspended, that lib
erty and its blessings me assuredly endangered,
and, (if the vigilance he not speedily renewed)
ultimately destroyed. In such cases, whatever
each man can do, he should do, and then, if he
fails, ho has, at least, the great and 'noble conso
lation, of-feeling, that no part of the guilt of
- such danger or dost; uclir.n rests upon himself.
The best, and only moans of success, arc, an en
tire sacrifice of all personal and party prcjinli
; ces, or partialities, which-come in contllet with
principles, and d overt km to principles alone,
looking to men, only as the instruments of pro
! serving, exerting, and promoting them. It is a
fatal error, mi the pai't ofmmy, to believe, that,
having established what they conceive the best
forms of liberty, those ‘forms alone will protect
and preserve it. As well might they believe, that
an impure or poisonous liquid could not ho in
Iro.limed into the most pore and beautiful ves
sel—nr expect that after once putting all tlirir
household or business affairs in the best possible
order, they could never afteiwmds become
disordered, however neglected, and that their
business Would then, of i's.slf, afford tlnmi a
subsistence, and make them a fortune, without
any further effort on their own part. No, “ the
prieo of liberty, is eternal vigilance; ” and ho
who is not sensible that the worst of coirn, lion,
. tyranny, and oppression, may bo infused into,
and practiced 'tindor, the best forms of liberty,
knows little or nothing of liberty but its name
and its effects. For, bo it remembered, that
there is nothing on earth but lias an equal capa
city, boili for good and evil, and consequently,
- that that which is capable of producing the mo-a
good, is also capable of producing the most evil
TWEMY MINE DAYS LATER
Oitick oy tiik (Jkohuu.v, t
S'nrannah, Feh. I. j
r.y tl io ship Thomas Dickinson, we have a
ll.ivic paper c-f the liOth Dec. I contains little
news.
Colton at Liverpool had decline'll—the Ilavie
i ni.n kcl was li. rn.
The total cases ofCholora at .Sunderland 522,
of which 184 died. It was no longer feaied in
Franco.
London leltc s ofOGlli Dec. aimmiime that the
had determined to create dfi new Peers. Par
liament had adjourned to the 17tn Jan.
From the U. .S'. 7! lepraj/h. Jon. £O.
r«\(JRESSIO\AE.
In the Senate, yesterday, among the petitions
was one f oni Maine.p esented by Mr. Spragck,
praying for the abolishment of the postage on
newspapers and pamphlets, and the reduction of
postage on let tecs.
Mr. Havnk rose to present a memorial f om
a nnmber of highly respectable citizens of South :
Carolina agamsl-lho protecting system, and said f
that in the course of the observations which he j
had submitted to the Sena e u few days since, ft
in relation to the tariff, he had taken occasion la j
remark, that gentlemen on tho other side musii
not deceive themselves by supposing that there R
existed any serious difference of opinion at titer
south, as to the injurious oppressive, and uncurl
stitutiunnl character of the protecting system. Ir
ani happy to have it now in my power, to aii-p
dime in snp.|>oi't -of that assertion, a rneniorai-1/
f.orn tho minority of the Legislature of sSontlrr
Carolina, “opposed to nullification,” which 1
have been requested to present, and win™
shows, that whatever difference may exist
other respects, the whole State is united, ns I
trust the whole south now is, in determined of ■
position to this system, “the evils of which (tltt-t
memorialist declare) are obvious ami nhirmivi\
drpeeeintins the mine of cotton , reducing t' l
profits to which the planters have long been :i: 'f.
custotned, to such a degree, that the vulture ’-I
longer yields an adequate compensation for lho §
labor, and is continued merely from necessity'!
and ilia', though oilier nausea have conspired • K
reduce tho income of the citizens of the soU! | 'f
yet it is th a tariff alone, which denies them t' l
right of converting that reduced income m y
sn.'h an amount of the necessaries and convent ;
dices of life, us would certainly ho at I
command under a revenue system of inodernttt a
duties—that those difficulties, though such,wit h;
be tolornted, if the burden was egual-p -hut 1
they are greatly aggravated by the conyidc™- l '; , |
that the benefits of the tariff are combined 10 l!l '| fe
rn inufaclmiiig States, and tliat the policy V'-B J&j
tivc, and constitutionality of tins system - I
been strenuously contested and denied.
On motion of Mr. ILvvnk, tl j met'' 0 ul ■* |-
read, ordered to be printed, &. reltrred l- {
Committee on Fin arm.’,